Bayer Equips Plants for Malaria Drug That Could Help Fight Covid-19 -Handelsblatt
02 April 2020 - 8:08PM
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--Bayer's Chief Executive Werner Baumann said the pharmaceutical
giant is expanding production capacities for its malaria drug
Resochin after indications that the drug could slow down the spread
of the novel coronavirus and therefore lead to a milder course of
the disease, Handelsblatt reports.
--In an interview with the German business newspaper, Mr.
Baumann said further clinical studies would be necessary to clarify
the risk-benefit ratio of the drug but the company's production
plants in Europe would be adjusted to produce it.
--So far, the drug is manufactured only at one plant in
Pakistan, Handelsblatt reports.
Full story (in German): https://bit.ly/39yPrvK
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